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Maharashtra is set to establish India's first commercial thorium nuclear power plants, with capacities of 1,540 megawatts and 440 megawatts, aimed at providing affordable electricity at around three and a half rupees per unit. Utilizing thorium, which is safer and generates less long-lasting radioactive waste compared to uranium, these plants could enhance India's energy independence, leveraging the country's substantial thorium reserves. While thorium reactors require initial uranium or plutonium to operate, they pose a lower risk for nuclear proliferation and position India to potentially lead in thorium energy development.